Settings for pure QML applet

[Jan Grulich]

> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Jan Grulich <jgrulich at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Dne 1.5.2013 11:11, Sebastian Kügler napsal(a):
> >
> >> Hi Jan,
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, May 01, 2013 04:58:28 Jan Grulich wrote:
> >>>
> >>> is there any other option how to add settings for pure QML applet? I've
> >>> found only KConfigXT where I can't use custom widgets or I can load
> >>> KCModule to applet settings but this configuration is not saved in
> >>> plasma-desktop-appletsrc file and then I can't use plasmoid.readEntry()
> >>> in
> >>> QML.
> >>
> >> KConfigXt (and what you describe) is the only way to do it in Plasma1.
> >>
> >> In Plasma2, you can add a config.qml, which holds the configuration.
> >>
> >> If you want to prepare for Plasma2, you can do the configuration in QML,
> >> and
> >> add a button to open it, for example in a PlasmaComponents.Dialog, or
> >> you'll
> >> have to do a C++ appplet.
> >>
> >>
> > Maybe something like this may solve my problem. I can create custom C++
> > widget and expand it to QML and then open it in PlasmaComponents.Dialog. The
> > second thing I need is saving QStringList via plasmoid.writeEntry() in QML
> > and I don't know if this is possible. I know that it's possible in C++ but
> > in QML I have to pass it through variant. Do you think that it's possible?
> > Thanks

> Another possible solution is to create a new QWidget in C++ that has a
> Q_PROPERTY with "USER true" so that it can be read in/out with
> KConfigXT. Add this via QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface so that it can
> be created by QUILoader. Then add your custom widget to your plasma
> config .ui file as a promoted widget.

> I do a that technique here where I'm using the Plasma::Config like the
> applets do: https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/base/lightdm/repository/revisions/master/show/kcm/configwidgets

This sounds like the best solution for my problem. Thanks :)

Cheers,
Jan